The publication was presented as follow: "The changes brought about by the World Wide Web and the explosion of electronic media have called into question many of the assumptions on which national bibliographies have been founded. The need was growing of a route map to navigate through uncharted territories. After a preparation period of several years, IFLA's Bibliography Section endorsed this large set of guidelines. They seek to help national bibliographic agencies improve their bibliographic services."

The satellite meeting should be seen as a continuation of this publication and the purpose is to get status, inspiration and update on how to deal with e-resources in national bibliographies, when the mission is to serve as an important information resource for selection, acquisition, cataloguing and verification in libraries and for the general public as well as a means for scientific research and publication statistics.

The programme will comprise:

Bibliography in the digital age – guidelines and examples

National bibliographies around the world handling online materials - practices, challenges, plans, discussions

The meeting will take place at National Library of Poland in Warsaw on Thursday 9 August 2012.

IFLA Bibliography Section and IFLA Cataloguing Section wish to thank National Library of Poland for a generous offer of hosting this event for free, so there will be no fee for the meeting. Free coffee/tea and lunch will be served.